Major Result Of The Spanish American War Was That The United States. The United States gained possession of the Philippines Guam and Puerto Rico. This is a list of wars involving the United States.
Tutelage by terms of the Platt Amendment see under Platt Orville with Spain assuming the Cuban debt. The United States merged as a world power. Newspapers in the United States printed sensationalized accounts of Spanish atrocities in Cuba fueling humanitarian concerns.
Acquisition of Spains Pacific possessions.
The United States lost possession of the Southwest territories. The immediate cause of the Spanish-American War was Cubas struggle for independence from Spain. The United States merged as a world power. Emerging predominant in the Caribbean region and resulted in US.